The nineteenth Commonwealth Games are scheduled to be held in Delhi, from October-3 to 14th. The games will be the largest multi-sport event conducted to date in India. There are many news reports on the delay in most of the developing work . The work in some parts of the city looks far from complete. A visit to Connaught Place gives a true picture of the amount of remaining work.
In today's times there are two articles side by side on the sports page- one says, "Delhi gaping for breath just two months from the games" and the other, :London way ahead of schedule for 2012", and they are joking of conducting mock Olympics. There are reports of corruption allegations, construction materials and waste spread across the sites, and probable delays. One congress MP, Mani Shankar Aiyar, says he would be unhappy if the games turned out to be success. The opposition has raised questions on the manner in which funds are being used.
The games budget has also been shooting up. Delhi government which started off with a Rs. 770 crore estimate three years ago ended up spending Rs.11,000 crore on it.With 67 days to go the situation seems quite precarious.
Some people are saying, the Games are a waste of money. Given the status of preparation, they may have lost hopes of successful Games. I would like to differ on this. It is true that a lot of resources have been put into the preparations but this kind of development and at this pace couldn't have been possible if the Games weren't held here. Look at the bright side, metro has successfully completed most of it's work-adding many new routes as well as new coaches, other projects are slowly catching up their deadlines and IGI's new terminal 3 is also now open. Taking the task of conducting the Games was a challenge, and perhaps only such challenges can put the development on the right track. Besides, all the reports of the shortcomings may pressurize the officials to perform better, more efficiently. Lets show some optimism and hope the Games are conducted successfully.
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